Corn-cutter.



N o. 664,627. Patented Dec. 25, |900.` C. 0. EBEBLEIN.

norm` CUTTER.

(Application filed Sept 5, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

@HARLEY OTTO EBERLEIN, OF SHAWANO, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HIM' V SELFAND MICHAEL G. EBERLEIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CORN-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 664,627, dated.December 25, 1900.

Application filed September 5, 1900. Serial No. 29,043. (No model.)

To /LZ/ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, @HARLEY OTTO EBEE- LEIN, acitizen of the UnitedStates, and a residentofShawano,in thecountyofShawanoaud Slate ofWisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Corn-Cutter, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for cutting corn; andthe object is to provide a simple device of this character that may besecurely fastened to a persons boot or shoe and by means of which aperson without stooping may cut the cornstalks close to the ground,leaving a short stubble, and, further, to so construct the device thatit will not interfere with a persons walking.

I will describe a corn-cutter embodying my invention, and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specioation, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a perspective View of a corn-eutter embodying my inventionand showing the same as attached to a shoe. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thedevice. Fig. 3 is a section on the line t 0c of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is asection on the line y y of Fig. 2.

The corn-cutter comprises a metal plate l, longitudinally curved toconform to the sole of a shoe or boot. For convenience in Walking thedevice should be made as light as possible. Therefore I make it of thinsheet metal, in which longitudinally-extended ribs 2 are formed. Anextension-plate 3 is adjnstably connected to the rear end of thefoot-plate 1. This extension-plate is provided with a slot l, throughwhich a screw 5 passes and engages with a nut 5, The plate is preventedfrom lateral movement by downwardly-turned lugs 6, which extend into thechannels formed by the depressed ribs 2. The rear end of theextension-plate is turned downward and is designed to engage against theinner surface of the heel of the shoe or boot, and near the front end ofthe plate l is an upwardly-turned lug 7, designed to engage with thesole of the shoe at the toe. By thus engaging the heel and toe of theshoe the device will be prevented from longitudinal movement whilecutting corn.

The device is to be held on the boot or shoe by means of a toe-strap 8,an instep-strap 9, and a heel-strap l0.

Attached to the front end of the plate l is a cutter-blade ll. Thiscutter-blade is made removable from the plate for convenience insharpening. Preferably the cutting edge of this blade will belongitudinally concaved, as indicated in the drawings. At the inner sideand at the front or toe portion of the plate l is a rotating disk l2.This disk 12 is in line with the blade ll and is designed to preventsaid blade from coming in contact with the foot of a person opposite tothat upon which the device is secu red, thus preventing 'any possiblecutting of the other shoe or boot.

In operation the operator takes hold of the cornstalks and then byforcing his foot forward against the blade 1I cuts through' the stalksnear the ground. As the plate l is 1ong-itudinally concaved to conformto the sole of the shoe or boot and as the whole device is very light,it will not interfere with a persons Walking. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. Acorn-cuttingdevice,comprisingametal foot-platehaving downwardly-pressed ribs, an extension-plate having a slot formedin it, a screwpassing through said slot and into the foot-plate,downward extensions on the front end of said extension-plate andengaging in the channels formed by the depressed ribs, and a'cutting-blade on the front end of said foot-plate, substantially asspecified.

2. Acorn-cutting device, comprisingafootplate, a cutting-blade on thetoe end thereof, and a rotary disk on the plate in line with the bladeand located at one end thereof, substantially as specified.

3. A corn-cutting device, comprising a footl name to this speeication inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLEY OTTO EBERLEIN.

Witnesses: I d

M. G. EBERLEIN, HEINRICH GIEsE.

plate, an adjustable extension-plate on one end thereof,fastening-straps attached to the foot-plate, a cutting blade removablyattached to the front end of said foot-plate, and a roller 5 attached tothe foot-plate at one end of the blade, substantially as specified.

In ltestimony whereof I have signed my

